CAISS Exam 2 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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CAISS Exam 2 UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Boxed & Bold Text - Correct Answer- Represent AIS coding rules and conventions and
contain directives to assist in the appropriate use of specific descriptions.
Brackets - Correct Answer- Denote inclusive or exclusive information.
Paren...
CAISS Exam 2 UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Boxed & Bold Text - Correct Answer- Represent AIS coding rules and conventions and
contain directives to assist in the appropriate use of specific descriptions.
Brackets - Correct Answer- Denote inclusive or exclusive information.
Parentheseses - Correct Answer- Include synonyms or occasionally, non-clinical terms and
provide a definition for the injury description.
Semicolons - Correct Answer- Separate injury descriptors that are comparable in severity.
Bold Type - Correct Answer- Identifies an anatomical structure
Italics - Correct Answer- Are used for proper-named anatomical structures or injuries, and for
OIS grades.
AIS .1 - Correct Answer- Minor
AIS .2 - Correct Answer- Moderate
AIS .3 - Correct Answer- Serious
AIS .4 - Correct Answer- Severe
AIS .5 - Correct Answer- Critical
AIS .6 - Correct Answer- Maximum
Range of AIS severity codes - Correct Answer- 1-6
,Is "DEATH" part of the AIS severity scale? - Correct Answer- No
Does a linear relationship exist between AIS severity codes? - Correct Answer- No
(T/F) Injuries within the same code may not be strictly compatible. - Correct Answer- T
AIS .9 - Correct Answer- Unknown
(T/F) The AIS single digit severity number indicates the relative severity of injury in an
"average person" who sustains the coded injury as his only injury. - Correct Answer- T
Average Patient - Correct Answer- Adult 25-40 years of age
Free of pre-existing conditions
Free of treatment complications
Receiving timely, appropriate care for the injury
Pre-dot Code - Correct Answer- 6 digits to the left of decimal point
AIS Severity Number - Correct Answer- A single digit to the right of the decimal point.
Body Region - Correct Answer- The first number in the pre-dot code stands for?
Type of Anatomic Structure - Correct Answer- The second number in the pre-dot code stands
for?
Specific Anatomic Structure - Correct Answer- The third & fourth numbers in the pre-dot
code stands for?
Level of injury within the specific body region and anatomic structure - Correct Answer- The
fifth & sixth numbers in the pre-dot code stands for?
,(T/F) AIS assesses the severity of single injuries. - Correct Answer- T
(T/F) The ISS is the sum of the squares of the highest AIS in each of the (3) most severity
injured ISS body regions. - Correct Answer- T
There are how many ISS body regions? - Correct Answer- 6
ISS Body Regions - Correct Answer- Head & Neck
Face
Chest
Abdominal & Pelvic Contents
Extremities & Pelvic Girdle
External
Head & Neck - Correct Answer- Include injury to the brain, skull, cervical spine or neck
organs.
(T/F) Asphyxia is assigned to the ISS Head region? - Correct Answer- T
Face - Correct Answer- Include injury to mouth, ears, eyes, nose and facial bones.
Chest - Correct Answer- Include injury to abdominal and pelvic contents, including all
lesions to internal organs in the respective cavities and injuries to diaphragm, rib cage and
thoracic spine.
(T/F) Drowning is assigned to the Chest region? - Correct Answer- T
(T/F) The ISS is the sum of the squares of the highest AIS in each of the (5) most severity
injured ISS body regions. - Correct Answer- F
(T/F) There are 9 ISS body regions? - Correct Answer- F
, (T/F) Asphyxia is assigned to the ISS Chest region? - Correct Answer- F
(T/F) Drowning is assigned to the Head & Neck region? - Correct Answer- f
Abdomen and Pelvic Area - Correct Answer- Include injury to Lumber spine lesions.
External - Correct Answer- Injuries that include lacerations, contusions, abrasions,
hypothermia, electrical injury, whole body injury and burns are assigned to what region?
1-75 - Correct Answer- The ISS score ranges from what to what?
(T/F) An ISS of 75 can be derived in 2 ways: one AIS .5 injury in each of three body regions
or a single AIS .6 injury. - Correct Answer- T
Should patients with a AIS .9 code be included in research studies? - Correct Answer- No
Underestimation of the ISS score - Correct Answer- Assigning injuries to too few body
regions can result in what?
Overestimation of the ISS Score - Correct Answer- Assigning injuries to too many ISS body
regions can result in what?
Injury - Correct Answer- The anatomic lesion resulting from a transfer of energy rather than a
complication or immediate sequelae is what?
Blunt, Penetration, Burns & Selected other Trauma - Correct Answer- The AIS includes
injuries from the what mechanisms?
(T/F) The AIS sometime permits the coding of immediate sequelae, but withing strictly
defined rules? - Correct Answer- T
(T/F) You can code suspected, possible or rule out diagnosis? - Correct Answer- F
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